Ask HN: Does Apple not have *any* QA for their older macOS releases?

Since upgrading to 15.7.3 on my main machine (M4 Pro mini), every time I start I get asked if I want to enable automatic updates or just download only. Regardless the response I then get a welcome message and it happens again at the next boot.

I have installed the latest Tahoe on my 2nd machine (M1 mini) and it's complete dog shit. I refuse to subject myself to that until they fix some of the egregious problems (as documented numerous times on this forum).

Apple seem to be desperate to alienate their userbase.